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00:05For many Nigerian military wives,
00:10lost their husbands in service.
00:12They say the flag that once draped the coffin
00:15of their husband did not come with the promise
00:17of a bright future.
00:19Years after losing their husband,
00:20this woman say the insurance promise to cater
00:23for their future has still not been
00:25paid.
00:26Guardian TV spoke to one of those women
00:28and the person of Mrs. Ellen Amo
00:30the wife of late naval captain,
00:32Efe Amodou
00:33and here is what she has to say.
00:35about this current situation.
00:37Like I'm standing here for the past 10 years,
00:39my husband is...
00:40Group life insurance has not been paid.
00:43Group life insurance
00:45I think that he is entitled of
00:47and I'm begging.
00:49I have...
00:50send letters to defense,
00:52send letters to chief of naval staff.
00:55Up to today, there is no answer.
00:58I collaborate with other women
01:00in both in Abuja, Lagos and other states.
01:03To cry that please,
01:05Sir,
01:06pay us our husband
01:08Group life insurance.
01:10But up till now,
01:12me, I am 10 years.
01:14There are some people that are...
01:1515,
01:1612,
01:17some 5,
01:18some 9,
01:19and there are some that...
01:20not even afford to pay their children's school fees.
01:23They are still among us.
01:25With no support system,
01:26these women are left alone
01:28to cater for their welfare
01:29and take up...
01:30responsibilities that should have otherwise
01:32be taken by their late husbands.
01:34They are calling on the government
01:35to come to their rescue
01:36and prevent more families
01:38from being thrown into unnecessary...
01:40to disappear.
01:41I'm Fatima Rochelle
01:42for Guardian TV.
01:45I'm Fatima Rochelle
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